Sure! Failing to do good you know you ought to in any way. Doing the good you ought to know badly in a way you ought to be able to avoid in any way. Knowingly opposing the good you see another doing in any way. Knowingly refusing to oppose and evil you ought to oppose in any way. Not being aware of the nature of your actions when you ought to be, and could be. If any action which qualifies as any of these, but also is not a mortal sin, it is a venial sin.
St. Alphonsus Liguori might be the most under-read and underappreciated of the Doctors of the Church. I wish there was more effort to push his writings on holiness and morality through RUclips and social media like there is with Thomism.
I think several of his works are finally either translated or about to be translated into English, which should hopefully bring more attention to him again.
This has the potential to help many people I think. I was for a while in a dilemma where I'd fall into Mortal sin every couple of weeks, and my confessor would suggest to make use of confession more often, such as weekly. But it was hard sometimes to make a good confession weekly, because I couldn't really understand what to confess other than my worst sins. Just another part of being poorly catechized I think. I did get better at making more frequent good confessions but I still need to keep clearing up my confusion on this.
Thanks, very much appreciated! Could you do more on St. Alphonsus, particularly on the conscience, what it is / how it operates, formation of the conscience etc, principles of discernment (not casuistry).
@@mraemartinez I'll try to summarize in simple English. Goal of a good Christian: Becoming a saint, closeness to God, go to Heaven Now think of a marathon, where you run to a goal. Imperfection (not a sin): You don't use the best ways to run faster and better. Venial: You stop running, or strike your foot and break your bones. Mortal: You turn around and go home. A venial sin therefore damages your race, while a mortal sin is giving up completely. Mortal sin therefore puts your salvation at risk, and you need to repent and go to confession to get back on track. For a sin to be mortal, and thus give up your Christianity, there has to be three things (if any one is lacking then its not a mortal sin): - You did something really bad. - it's premeditated in a sense. You knew it was bad before you acted. - You did it freely, so no one forced you and your mind wasn't clouded (you weren't drunk, real angry, etc) Note: Even if something wasn't actually really bad, it would still count if you personally thought it was really bad, because going against your conscience is grave, too. Note 2: being drunk and such is not an excuse if you got drunk voluntarily to commit that sin. For example, if you plan to cheat on your wife one day, and you get fully drunk shortly before doing it, then you're still mortally guilty because you planned getting drunk SO THAT you cheat on your wife.
As with most of your content this has given me a lot to think about though I have questions if you have the time for them. For someone with a Scrupulous conscience they would suspect many things to be sins that are likely imperfections and venial, but since “a broken clock is right twice a day.” They may also have correct suspicions of mortal sins being such due to their default disposition. My questions are, 1.How great of a suspicion that something is mortal sin would constitute a grave violation of conscience? I understand one should not “determine/decide” that something is mortal sin without positive law but one can not fully control what one suspects or worries is mortal sin (especially scrupulous minds). For objectively grave sins but imperfect knowledge of the character, 2. Is a man guilty of mortal sin if he chooses an objectively grave action with the faintest suspicion of it even being sinful at all with full advertence of that suspicion? Or does it have to be a reasonable or likely suspicion (i.e subjectively one sees a 60% chance of something being a sin and 40% no sin.) 3. Lastly to what extent can anyone, with this explanation of advertance, claim ignorance as a diminishing factor for culpability if one needs only a suspicion of gravity? This makes it seem likely that many people accidentally would commit sins with full and mortal guilt without even reasonable certainty that they were sinning in the first place, as long as they were actively aware of their uncertainty.
Some questions; 1. What does liers with mankind mean? I always though 'the effeminate' meant homosex, so what I am confused here. 2. If not following one's own conscience leads to hell what about the scrupulous people? Also at 23:59 it says venial can become moral... I think you meant mortal? I will have to rewatch again another time as I struggle with understanding full consent and full knowledge. (I am scrupulous)
I can’t answer the second question, but I think I can answer the first. “Iiers with mankind” is referring to sodomy. As for Effeminate the best explanation I can give is it’s a general refusal to endure suffering even if it is necessary. Generally speaking pleasure seeking was seen as a feminine quality and a man who is too preoccupied with his own pleasure would be showing effeminate behavior. It makes sense when you consider Christ himself, his worldly life was pretty terrible and ended in a gruesome death on a cross. Yet without his death and resurrection mankind would be utterly doomed, so he suffered what was necessary of him to suffer. Now I don’t think that means you should go around flagellating yourself or actively seeking out suffering for its own sake. However if you examine yourself and find that you’d never be willing to suffer excruciating pain, even if it was 100% necessary that’s something you should be concerned about. Our job here is to emulate Christ to the best of our ability as an act of faith and to be like Christ is to suffer. Hence why someone who would be unwilling to do so, would inevitably be incapable of following the will of God.
@@MilitantThomist I am not saying there isn't. Only, one time I wanted to understand the issue whether it applies to things like addictions and I looked into Aristotle's ethical books (can't find exact quote now, I think it was in Nicomachean Ethics) and he there even mocked people who claimed that having internal disordered compulsion made them less culpable for their deeds - But it is Arostotle, not a saint nor Magisterium, so I am curious what is magisterial backing for it. Is it only the influence of modern Psychology that wishes to rather absolve people from disordered attachments or there is more magisterial weight to that idea.
Yo, some Catholic turned atheist told me that the Church has changed her views on Slavery, interests, and cremation. I was wondering if you have content that talks about these supposed contradictions? I am a new convert and I trust the Church, but it would be useful for me to understand more of her teachings and history.
@@newglof9558 Yup! His latest video. I have disagreements over his slavery statements, and I believe he’s wrong on this point. But I thought interest rates were still a sin? And cremation would be something interesting to think about, but I really do think he doesn’t understand that some actions are not intrinsically evil, and that is why abortion and gay marriage can never be accepted, but why cremation rules can be more relaxed.
@@thelonelysponge5029I like Kevin but I have had some very significant disagreements with him on a number of things (you might be able to find a comment of mine on the slavery vid, it's from a while ago) I haven't watched the cremation video yet but I wouldn't put too much stock in it. Not to downtalk him but there's been many times I don't find his stuff particularly rigorous, and many answers to his objections can be found on Catholic Answers or reddit
@@newglof9558 for me, the most challenging part is the interest rates, but that’s because I didn’t know there was a development. Slavery has got to be the 2nd difficulty for me, but I have my own theory that I am satisfied with, the cremation part is interesting.
9:25 Getting married is an imperfection due to our fallen state? What the heck you talking about? Good created marriage before the fall, and Jesus was clear that God intended marriage from the beginning.
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I said “marriage” rather than “marital use.”
Oops!
A complete guide, huh? Name every venial sin.
I usually don’t laugh out loud when reading things but this comment is amazing
You like confession? Name 3 venial sins poser.
looks like this guy just debunked the video
Sure!
Failing to do good you know you ought to in any way.
Doing the good you ought to know badly in a way you ought to be able to avoid in any way.
Knowingly opposing the good you see another doing in any way.
Knowingly refusing to oppose and evil you ought to oppose in any way.
Not being aware of the nature of your actions when you ought to be, and could be.
If any action which qualifies as any of these, but also is not a mortal sin, it is a venial sin.
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eating too much
Please, please, please, I hope you are a catechist for your parish. This is exactly what the faithful need.
We need more videos of this production value
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St. Alphonsus Liguori might be the most under-read and underappreciated of the Doctors of the Church. I wish there was more effort to push his writings on holiness and morality through RUclips and social media like there is with Thomism.
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@@MilitantThomistMake a video about his work on scruples!
I think several of his works are finally either translated or about to be translated into English, which should hopefully bring more attention to him again.
Such a great video!! a quality above the normal 👏
This has the potential to help many people I think. I was for a while in a dilemma where I'd fall into Mortal sin every couple of weeks, and my confessor would suggest to make use of confession more often, such as weekly. But it was hard sometimes to make a good confession weekly, because I couldn't really understand what to confess other than my worst sins. Just another part of being poorly catechized I think. I did get better at making more frequent good confessions but I still need to keep clearing up my confusion on this.
Good summary. It would also be nice to have a video on near occasions of sin and how to determine their gravity. I've seen is quite a confusing topic.
Great idea!
I agree, do a follow up on near occasions of sin!
Thanks, very much appreciated!
Could you do more on St. Alphonsus, particularly on the conscience, what it is / how it operates, formation of the conscience etc, principles of discernment (not casuistry).
Was actually thinking of that next
this is really helpful
All of this went way over my head but still appreciate it.
I still don't know the difference...
@@mraemartinez I'll try to summarize in simple English.
Goal of a good Christian: Becoming a saint, closeness to God, go to Heaven
Now think of a marathon, where you run to a goal.
Imperfection (not a sin): You don't use the best ways to run faster and better.
Venial: You stop running, or strike your foot and break your bones.
Mortal: You turn around and go home.
A venial sin therefore damages your race, while a mortal sin is giving up completely. Mortal sin therefore puts your salvation at risk, and you need to repent and go to confession to get back on track.
For a sin to be mortal, and thus give up your Christianity, there has to be three things (if any one is lacking then its not a mortal sin):
- You did something really bad.
- it's premeditated in a sense. You knew it was bad before you acted.
- You did it freely, so no one forced you and your mind wasn't clouded (you weren't drunk, real angry, etc)
Note: Even if something wasn't actually really bad, it would still count if you personally thought it was really bad, because going against your conscience is grave, too.
Note 2: being drunk and such is not an excuse if you got drunk voluntarily to commit that sin. For example, if you plan to cheat on your wife one day, and you get fully drunk shortly before doing it, then you're still mortally guilty because you planned getting drunk SO THAT you cheat on your wife.
@@mraemartinez is my reply visible?
Really appreciate this video.
Thank you very much! This was very helpful.
Great content.
As with most of your content this has given me a lot to think about though I have questions if you have the time for them.
For someone with a Scrupulous conscience they would suspect many things to be sins that are likely imperfections and venial, but since “a broken clock is right twice a day.” They may also have correct suspicions of mortal sins being such due to their default disposition.
My questions are,
1.How great of a suspicion that something is mortal sin would constitute a grave violation of conscience? I understand one should not “determine/decide” that something is mortal sin without positive law but one can not fully control what one suspects or worries is mortal sin (especially scrupulous minds).
For objectively grave sins but imperfect knowledge of the character,
2. Is a man guilty of mortal sin if he chooses an objectively grave action with the faintest suspicion of it even being sinful at all with full advertence of that suspicion? Or does it have to be a reasonable or likely suspicion (i.e subjectively one sees a 60% chance of something being a sin and 40% no sin.)
3. Lastly to what extent can anyone, with this explanation of advertance, claim ignorance as a diminishing factor for culpability if one needs only a suspicion of gravity? This makes it seem likely that many people accidentally would commit sins with full and mortal guilt without even reasonable certainty that they were sinning in the first place, as long as they were actively aware of their uncertainty.
1:12 I blame this for my scrupulosity
Some questions;
1. What does liers with mankind mean? I always though 'the effeminate' meant homosex, so what I am confused here.
2. If not following one's own conscience leads to hell what about the scrupulous people?
Also at 23:59 it says venial can become moral... I think you meant mortal?
I will have to rewatch again another time as I struggle with understanding full consent and full knowledge. (I am scrupulous)
Hope this gets answered. I am scrupulous as well and it would be helpful to know what to do when you think almost everything is a sin
I can’t answer the second question, but I think I can answer the first. “Iiers with mankind” is referring to sodomy. As for Effeminate the best explanation I can give is it’s a general refusal to endure suffering even if it is necessary. Generally speaking pleasure seeking was seen as a feminine quality and a man who is too preoccupied with his own pleasure would be showing effeminate behavior. It makes sense when you consider Christ himself, his worldly life was pretty terrible and ended in a gruesome death on a cross. Yet without his death and resurrection mankind would be utterly doomed, so he suffered what was necessary of him to suffer.
Now I don’t think that means you should go around flagellating yourself or actively seeking out suffering for its own sake. However if you examine yourself and find that you’d never be willing to suffer excruciating pain, even if it was 100% necessary that’s something you should be concerned about. Our job here is to emulate Christ to the best of our ability as an act of faith and to be like Christ is to suffer. Hence why someone who would be unwilling to do so, would inevitably be incapable of following the will of God.
Can you provide source for the claim that sin under compulsion makes the sin not commited with deliberate consent?
I actually think there is papal teaching on this. I’ll try to grab it later.
@@MilitantThomist thanks
@@MilitantThomist I am not saying there isn't. Only, one time I wanted to understand the issue whether it applies to things like addictions and I looked into Aristotle's ethical books (can't find exact quote now, I think it was in Nicomachean Ethics) and he there even mocked people who claimed that having internal disordered compulsion made them less culpable for their deeds - But it is Arostotle, not a saint nor Magisterium, so I am curious what is magisterial backing for it.
Is it only the influence of modern Psychology that wishes to rather absolve people from disordered attachments or there is more magisterial weight to that idea.
Yo, some Catholic turned atheist told me that the Church has changed her views on Slavery, interests, and cremation.
I was wondering if you have content that talks about these supposed contradictions? I am a new convert and I trust the Church, but it would be useful for me to understand more of her teachings and history.
Is it Kevin Nontradicath who told you this
@@newglof9558 Yup! His latest video. I have disagreements over his slavery statements, and I believe he’s wrong on this point. But I thought interest rates were still a sin? And cremation would be something interesting to think about, but I really do think he doesn’t understand that some actions are not intrinsically evil, and that is why abortion and gay marriage can never be accepted, but why cremation rules can be more relaxed.
@@thelonelysponge5029I like Kevin but I have had some very significant disagreements with him on a number of things (you might be able to find a comment of mine on the slavery vid, it's from a while ago)
I haven't watched the cremation video yet but I wouldn't put too much stock in it. Not to downtalk him but there's been many times I don't find his stuff particularly rigorous, and many answers to his objections can be found on Catholic Answers or reddit
@@thelonelysponge5029my understanding of cremation is the ashes must be interred in one location so as to keep the "body" together
@@newglof9558 for me, the most challenging part is the interest rates, but that’s because I didn’t know there was a development. Slavery has got to be the 2nd difficulty for me, but I have my own theory that I am satisfied with, the cremation part is interesting.
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9:25 Getting married is an imperfection due to our fallen state? What the heck you talking about? Good created marriage before the fall, and Jesus was clear that God intended marriage from the beginning.
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Not one verse cited. Sigh
Based. Wagner what do you think about Francisco Franco? I say based and tradpilled
He was a hero.
It’s all power tripping rubbish!